Nuurow Surname

397,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Nuurow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuurow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia8821:15,252975
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nuurow (321) may also be a first name.

Nuurow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nuurow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nuurow occurs in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuurow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 397,886th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,234,515 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nuurow are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 489,856th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 321 people.

The last name Nuurow is most frequently used in Somalia, where it is carried by 882 people, or 1 in 15,252. Excluding Somalia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nurow917,564/
Nurrow83480/
Nurowt832/
Nurowa832/
Nuuraw831/
Nurov7340,166/
Nuraw7312/
Norow735/
Nurof731/
Nurova6739,947/
Noorow67941/
Norrow6784/
Naurov6778/
Neurov6769/
Norzow6712/
Nierow6711/
Nuroff674/
Nutrov674/
Nourov673/
Noroow672/
Nnorow672/
Nguraw671/
Nurovs671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nuurow
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